The Oxford handbook of public accountability
By: edited by Mark Bovens, Robert E. Goodin and Thomas Schillemans
Series: Oxford handbooks in politics & international relations; Oxford handbooks in politics & international relations
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9780199641253; 9780198778479
Subjects: Government accountability
Other titles: Handbook of public accountability
Description: Drawing on the best scholars in the field from around the world, this handbook showcases conceptual and normative as well as the empirical approaches in public accountability studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Accountability as a cultural keyword / Melvin J. Dubnick; title: Accountability and democracy / Mark E. Warren; title: A contingency theory of accountability / Jane Mansbridge; title: Process versus outcome accountability / Shefali V. Patil, Ferdinand Vieider, and Philip E. Tetlock; title: Accountability and principal : agent theory / Sean Gailmard; title: Accountability and ambiguity / Johan P. Olsen; title: Experimental analysis / Christopher Koch and Jens Wüstemann; title: Quantitative analysis / Gijs Jan Brandsma; title: Qualitative analysis / Kaifent Yang; title: Visual accountability / Jane Davison; title: Accountability and constitutional law / Carol Harlow; title: Accountability in public administration / B. Guy Peters; title: Accountable civil servants / John Uhr; title: Accountable networks / Erick Hans Klijn and Joop F.M. Koppenjan; title: Accountability and citizen participation / Bodil Damgaard and Jenny M. Lewis; title: Accountability and multi-level governance / Yannis Papadopoulos; title: Accountable international relations / Michael Goodhart; title: Accountable public services / Barbara S. Romzek; title: Accountability and new public management / Per Laegreid; title: Accountability and the nonprofit sector / Steven Rathgeb Smith; title: Accountable corporate governance / Sheldon Leader; title: Accountable global governance organizations / Jonathan G.S. Koppell; title: Elections / Mark N. Franklin, Stuart Soroka, and Christopher Wlezien; title: Hierarchy / Mark D. Jarvis; title: Accounting and auditing / Christie Hayne and Steven E. Salterio; title: Performance reporting / Steven Van de Walle and Floor Cornelissen; title: PerformanceStat / Robert D. Behn; title: Independent regulators / Colin Scott; title: Audit institutions / Paul L. Posner and Asif Shahan; title: Transparency / Albert Meijer; title: Watchdog journalism / Pippa Norris; title: Accountability deficits / Richard Mulgan; title: Accountability overloads / Arie Halachmi; title: Accountability and time / Jerry L. Mashaw; title: Accounting for crises / Sanneke Kuipers and Paul 't Hart; title: Accountability and blame-avoidance / Christopher Hood; title: Accountability and trust / Dorothea Greiling; title: Accountability, legitimacy, and the court of public opinion / Mark H. Moore; title: The ontological challenge / Melvin J. Dubnick; title: The need for a systematic approach / Frank Vibert; title: The future and relevance of accountability studies / Matthew Flinders; title: Meaningful accountability / Mark Bovens and Thomas Schillemans.